Jae Collection

I'm an American photographer born in Colorado and based in the St. Louis metro area. I love to travel, but even when at home, I try to keep the same sense of adventure – looking for novelty in the everyday; finding the extraordinary in the ordinary.

St. Louis, like most cities, has beauty and decay, but the most satisfying photographs find the beauty in the decay. I scour the city and surrounding areas, looking for texture and life in architecture and landscapes.

A musician by profession, I have only recently become passionate about my photography. I have photographed nearly my entire life, but only to document travels, not to make art. Now, I've found that I can do both.